Forget India, how Pakistan can’t even beat the economies of these two Indian states

Forget India, how Pakistan can’t even beat the economies of these two Indian states

Pakistan’s economy has shrunk in global standing to the point where individual Indian states like Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu have overtaken it in size. With Pakistan’s repeated IMF bailouts, weak growth and mounting debt, the economic gap has widened dramatically — even subnational units in India are now outpacing a once-peer neighbour

A boy carries empty jerrycans at a slum on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, March 10, 2015. File Image/Reuters